On 07/08/2010 11:16 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
On Thu, 2010-07-08 at 11:02 -0700, jack craig wrote:
> On 07/08/2010 10:21 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>
>> I have a DVD structure (VIDEO_TS etc. etc.) on my hard disk and would
>> like to convert the main feature to an AVI file, i.e. basically what
>> rippers do but without the physical DVD. I know I can use ffmpeg or
>> transcode to convert individual VOB files, but this seems error prone
>> (e.g. how do I know I got all of the main feature?). Does anyone have a
>> script for this sort of thing? Unfortunately K3B is no good as it
>> insists on there being a physical DVD to rip from.
>>
>> poc
>>
>>
>>
> you might look at mencoder, it takes .mov, it might take the dvd format too.
>
Good idea. The manpage says it can read DVD structures, VOB files etc.
Guess I'll have to invest some time in understanding the gazillion
options.
poc
I recently ripped a DVD we got from a manta ray night dive event and
found .vob files.
I was surprised that vlc played the .vob out of the box!
Its great to see multimedia blossoming in Linux land.
Also, i got a blurb about a new Fluenda DVD play program for Linux, just
fyi...
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Jack Craig
Software Engineer
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